Vanguard ekes out victory

The Vanguard University men’s basketball team begins its season 2-0

after knocking off No. 12-ranked Lubbock Christian University, 68-67,

Friday night in the round-robin Golden State Athletic Conference

Classic at Vanguard.

Vanguard took the lead and never trailed in the opening 20

minutes, and the Lions went into halftime up, 39-27. Eight Lions

combined to shoot 55.2 percent from the field (16-29) and Vanguard

outrebounded the Chaparrals, 25-11.

The Chaparrals made a slow but steady comeback and came to within

one point with 58 seconds remaining, but Vanguard held on in the

final seconds as the clock ran out.

Brian Kim led the Lions with 18 points, while Tim Burnette, Kevin

Dalafu and Antquon James had 12 each.

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Golden State Athletic Conference Classic

Vanguard 68, Lubbock Christian 67

Lubbock Christian -- Jar. Fears 8, Horner 11, Muzurovic 12, Jones 12, Hughes 3, Jam. Fears 11, Patterson 4, Nunley 2, Sheets 4. 3-pt. goals -- Muzurovic 1, Hughes 2, Jam. Fears 3. Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None. Vanguard -- Burnette 12, Dalafu

12, Rosborough 6, Kim 18, Duplessie 2, Strocsher 4, James 12, Henry 2. 3-pt. Goals -- Dalafu 2, Rosborough 1, Kim 1, James 2. Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None. Halftime -- Vanguard, 39-27.

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UCI’s Morton advances

* TENNIS: UC Irvine senior Brian Morton reached the semifinals in

singles and the quarterfinals in doubles with three victories Friday

in the 48th Southern California Intercollegiates at the Los Angeles

Tennis Club.

The unseeded Morton, a former Corona del Mar High standout, downed

USC’s Brian Wright, 6-0, 6-3, in the round of 16 before ousting

Mathieu Dehuane of UCLA, 7-6 (10-8), 6-3, in the quarterfinals.

Morton faces top-seeded Luben Pampoulov of UCLA in the semifinals

at 11 a.m.

Morton and partner Ryusuke Kashiwabara defeated UC Santa Barbara’s

Hagen Brodie and Anders Dalskov, 8-5, in the round of 32. The duo

will face Billy Mertz and Luigi Dagord from the University of Alabama

in the round of 16 at 1 p.m. today.

Ex-Tar Mackey triples

* SWIMMING: UC Irvine swimmers Tom Randall and Lara Bjargardottir,

along with diver Jackie Jones, each won one event while former

Newport Harbor High standout Nicole Mackey claimed three events in

the Big West Conference Shootout at the Anteater Aquatics Complex

Friday.

Mackey, who attends the University of Hawaii, paced the field in

the women’s 100 backstroke (55.67), 200 back (2:01.18) and 100

butterfly (56.37).

Randall won the men’s 50-meter freestyle in 20.94 while Jones

claimed the women’s 3-meter dive with 292.20. Bjargardottir won the

women’s 200 breaststroke in 2:19.90.

The UCI women defeated UC Davis (94-46), Air Force (114-26) and

Pepperdine (113-27), but lost to Hawaii (106-34). The Anteater men

topped UC Davis (99-41) and Air Force (94-46), but also fell to

Hawaii (106-34).

The event continues at 10 a.m. today.

Sea Kings moving on

* GOLF: The Corona del Mar High girls golf team advanced to the

CIF Southern Section championships for the first time after its

third-place finish at Friday’s CIF Southern Division team

championships on the Chino Creek course at El Prado Golf Course in

Chino.

Katie McKitterick led all Sea Kings with a 4-over-par 77 while

teammates Katie Albright (84), Caitlin McDonald (87), Michelle

Albrecht (94), Jonna Kim (96) and Maggie Nelson (102) contributed to

CdM’s 438 team score. CdM Coach Mike Starkweather said the 438 is the

lowest 18-hole team score in program history.

The Sea Kings’ Pacific Coast League rivals University (second at

435) and Northwood (fourth at 447), along with first-place San

Clemente (400), all advanced from the 25-team field. Newport Harbor

finished seventh at 454.

The Southern Section championships will be held at 9 a.m. Monday

at Las Posas Country Club in Camarillo. The top four teams from the

16-squad field will then advance to the CIF/Women’s Southern

California Golf Association championship at the SCGA course on Nov.

15.

McKitterick, who finished second in the league individual

tournament, will compete in the CIF Southern California girls golf

championships Thursday at Mission Lakes Country Club in Desert Hot

Springs.

Mesa downs Eagles in 3

* VOLLEYBALL: Tracy Bjelland tallied eight kills while Lindsey

Navarrette added seven to pace the Costa Mesa High girls volleyball

team to a 25-17, 25-14, 25-15 victory over host Estancia in the final

Golden West League and regular-season contest for both squads Friday.

Mesa (9-5, 8-4 in league) secured third place in league, but more

importantly, guaranteed itself a berth in the CIF Southern Section

Division III-A playoffs for the second time in three seasons.

Estancia finished 8-9, 6-6.

Senior Jackie Havens tallied 21 assists with four aces while

Bjelland chipped in 13 digs and four aces, too.

Playoff pairings will be announced Sunday.

Sage sends 4 to semis

* TENNIS: Sage Hill School’s Sarah Geocaris and Stephanie Langer

each swept both of their opponents Friday to reach today’s semifinals

of the Academy League girls individual tennis championships at the

Balboa Bay Club Racquet Club. Sage’s second-seeded doubles team of

Sarah Flynn and Alle Hsu also won in straight sets to reach the

doubles semifinals.

Geocaris, the third seed, defeated Chrissy Allen, 6-1, 6-1, before

downing Fairmont’s Anya Walinowicz, 6-5, 6-2, in the quarterfinals.

The fourth-seeded Langer defeated Brethren Christian’s Margaret

Nkansah, 6-0, 6-0, before posting a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Capistrano

Valley Christian’s Kristina Drzymkowski in the quarterfinals.

Geocaris faces No. 2-seed Carissa Aboubakare of Fairmont while

Langer duels top-seeded Bianca Aboubakare, Carissa’s sister, in the

semifinals, scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m.

Flynn and Hsu downed Annie Jung and Eunice Lee (Fairmont), 6-0,

6-0, before defeating teammates Grace Graham and Rachel Heyler, 6-3,

6-1.

Flynn and Hsu face Hannah Harris and Debbie Filipovich of Capo

Valley Christian in today’s semifinals at 1 p.m.

The singles final will be held at 2:30 and the doubles at 4 p.m.

Tars place seventh

* GOLF: Natalie Draganza, fresh off winning her third straight Sea

View League girls golf individual title, carded an 8-over-par 81 to

lead Newport Harbor High to a seventh-place finish at the CIF

Southern Division team championships Friday on the Chino Creek course

at El Prado Golf Course in Chino.

Kayleigh Horn shot 85 while Ashley Jacobs (94), Katie McKay (96)

and Kendall Horn (98) scored for Newport (454), which finished seven

strokes more than Northwood, which secured the fourth and final spot

into the CIF Southern Section girls golf championships on Monday.

San Clemente took top honors among the 25-team field with a 400

while Corona del Mar qualified following a 438.

Draganza will compete in the CIF Southern California girls golf

championship Thursday at Mission Lakes Country Club in Desert Hot

Springs.

OCC battles for third

* WATER POLO: Orange Coast College will play today at 1 p.m. in

the third-place game of the Orange Empire Conference men’s water polo

tournament at Cypress College

The Pirates, the No. 5 seed in the six-team tournament, beat No. 4

Santa Ana, 12-9, Friday in the opening round and lost to No. 1 seed

Golden West, 17-2, in the semifinals.

A five-goal third quarter broke a 5-5 halftime tie with Santa Ana.

Estancia High graduate Paul Collier scored four goals in the game to

lead the Pirates. Alex Avetoom registered three goals, and Todd

Swanson and Austin Price each added two more scores. Goaltender Brett

Hellmich notched nine saves.

Golden West cruised to 14-0 lead after three quarters for the easy

Rustlers win. Price and Nick Chambers scored for OCC to avoid the

shutout. Orange Coast could only muster six shots on goal compared to

Golden West’s 20.

The Pirates face No. 2 Riverside today in the third-place game.

OCC lost to the Tigers, 16-6, Oct. 27.

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Orange Empire Conference championships

First round Orange Coast 12, Santa Ana 9

Score by Quarters

Orange Coast 2 3 5 2 - 12

Santa Ana 2 3 1 3 - 9

Orange Coast -- Collier 4, Avetoom 3, Price 2,

Swanson 2, Cromwell 1. Saves -- Hellmich 9,

Marsteller 1. Santa Ana -- C. Tapia 7, Vega 1, A.

Tapia 1. Saves -- Aguilar 11.

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Semifinals

Golden West 17, Orange Coast 2

Score by Quarters

Orange Coast 0 0 0 2 - 2

Golden West 6 4 4 3 - 17

Orange Coast -- Price 1, Chambers 1. Saves --

Marsteller 3. Golden West -- Vyn 5, Danna 3,

McConnell 2, Healy 2, Kelly 1, Lee 1, Winfield 1,

Honrath 1, Lee 1. Saves -- Sullivan 4.

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OCC shuts out Tigers

* SOCCER: The Orange Coast College women’s soccer team defeated

Riverside 2-0 in Orange Empire Conference play Friday.

Sarah Ronquillo scored in the 24th minute and Elizabeth Terry

scored in the 29th minute for the Pirates (11-4-3, 9-4-2 in the OEC).

Coast, Dons tie again

* SOCCER: Miguel Ochoa’s header off a pass from Will Sanchez in

the final minutes allowed the Orange Coast College men’s soccer team

to tie host Santa Ana, 2-2, in an Orange Empire Conference match

Friday.

Coast trailed, 2-0, at halftime, but Jose Serpas scored his

team-leading 11th goal in the 69th minute to cut the lead to 2-1. Eli

Solis assisted. Ochoa’s goal secured the second tie between the teams

this season.

Trent Painter stopped a blast from the Dons’ Edgar Sanchez late in

the contest for one of his seven saves for Coast (9-4-5, 7-2-4 in the

OEC).

The Dons are 14-0-4, 10-0-3.

‘Eaters’ Choe honored

* GOLF: UC Irvine junior Jay Choe has been named Big West

Conference Athlete of the Month in men’s golf.

Choe finished second in the Club Glove Intercollegiate at Saticoy

Country Club in Somis, Calif., Oct. 11-12. His 54-hole total was

2-under-par 214 (72-68--74).